Welcome to Saint Louis University School of Medicine. Your University Orientation will be held July 1, 2015 beginning at 7:00 a.m. daily. Below is an agenda of the day's events. Orientations will be scheduled for our affiliate hospitals sometime during the week of July 1st. More information on those orientations will be made available upon arrival.

Below contains important information regarding your orientation and employee processing. Please read this information in its entirety and fully comply with all instructions.

1. Complete Section 1 of the I-9 Form (Employment Eligibility Verification) which is required by the government for all employees.

A link to the I-9 eXpress website is provided below for completion of the form. Under the "Start a New I-9" window, the site is going to ask you for an Employer Name or Code, the code is: 10065. YOU SHOULD ENTER 7/1/2015 AS YOUR HIRE DATE.

Once Section 1 is completed, based on your answers, the site will provide you with a list of "acceptable form(s) of identification" to bring to Human Resources on the first day of Orientation to complete the I-9 process. IF YOU DO NOT COMPLETE THIS PROCESS, YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO WORK AND WILL NOT RECEIVE A PAYCHECK. Please complete this process by June 19, 2015.

Please follow the steps below to complete the electronic Form I-9 through the I-9 eXpress website:

1. Use this link: http://www.newi9.com2. In the Employer Name or Code field enter 10065, then click Go.3. Once on the log-in page you will be required to enter the text shown, for security validation purposes, and then click continue.4. Complete the designated fields.5. Provide your electronic signature by checking the box and providing your initials.6. You will be taken to a new page which states you have successfully completed Section 1 of the Form I-9. Please print this page for your records. This page will provide you with important information regarding the forms of identification you may provide to your employer for the purpose of verifying employment eligibility. Bring the indicated forms of identification(original plus one copy) with you on your first day of orientation.

2. LOGGING INTO BANNER (must have banner id to do this); You have access now; do this before completing Tax Forms!!!

Please go to banner.slu.edu and click on "password management site" to setup your new password. You will need to use the username and default password you were provided with by your Program Coordinator . Once you have reset your password you can log into Banner Self-Service and go to mail.slu.edu and login for access to your SLU email account.

Your Program Coordinator will provide you with a BANNER ID (employee ID number) and SLUnet Log-In (this is your email address as well, without the @slu.edu suffix). Your default password is the (case-sensitive) letters (capital) "I" and(lowercase) "d" and the last six digits of your Banner ID, for example: Id123456.

Review your Personal Information Menu items on the New Hire Menu of the Employee Tab.

3. TAX INFORMATION

FOR U.S. CITIZENS ONLY:

YOU WILL HAVE ACCESS TO ENTER THIS INFORMATION July 1st; Deadline for completion is July 10th.

Once you have logged into Banner Self-Service (after completing the steps above), select EMPLOYEE TAB, then select TAX FORMS from the list of items and complete the appropriate tax forms. You are to complete the federal and state W-4 Tax Forms.

Default tax withholding settings for Federal and State withholdings are Single with Zero Allowances. New employees will be setup with those rates of withholding until valid W-4 forms are completed in Banner Self Service. If you complete the online forms close to the time for payroll processing, the changes you make may not become effective until the following pay period. For your convenience and reference, links to the published forms are provided in Banner Self-Service.

4. DIRECT DEPOSIT

YOU HAVE ACCESS TO ENTER THIS INFORMATION NOW; Deadline for completion is June 30th.

Log into Banner Self-Service and setup your "Direct Deposit Allocation" under the EMPLOYEE TAB, then choose Pay Information. Please note, the University assumes no risk in incorrect or inaccurate account information completed by the employee. You should check your bank account each payday to verify your direct deposit. The university will only issue payments through direct deposit, unless you are a non-resident alien without a social security number.

The University Health Plan (UHP) is a self-insured health and medical care cost coverage plan sponsored by Saint Louis University. The UHP partners with Aetna Student Health to administer the benefits of the plan. UHP coverage is available to eligible (non-military) Medical Residents and their dependents as part of the benefits provided during GME Training. On-line enrollment for the UHP is currently available at www.aetnastudenthealth.com and is required of all new eligible (non-military) Medical Residents. Specific directions regarding how to enroll are presented in the attached Aetna On Line Enrollment Residents Fall 2015.pdf file. Please note that Medical Residents will need to have their Banner ID Numbers and dependent demographic data (if applicable) to complete the on-line enrollment. When enrolling on-line, Medical Residents will be asked to identify the plan term that correlates to their orientation date.

Residents participating in 07/01/15 orientation should select "Annual" for their Plan Term so that benefits start 07/01/15.

If you are a Foreign National, authorized to work in the United States, you will need to contact Brandy Sisson (sisson@slu.edu) in Payroll Services and obtain the appropriate paper w-4's for completion. Your forms will be emailed to you as an attachment, please complete the appropriate form:

1. Line 3 is pre-completed, do not change.

2. Line 5 is pre-completed, and you may not change it unless you are a resident of Canada, Mexico or South Korea. Residents of Canada, Mexico or South Korea may claim 0 or greater (1 or more) withholding allowances.

3. All Foreign Nationals may claim an additional amount to withhold in box 6 IF YOU CHOOSE.

Important Note: You are responsible for reviewing your paystub in Banner Self-Service and contacting Payroll Services if there are any issues with your tax withholdings.

If you WORK AND LIVE in the State of Illinois, you should have Illinois withholding and NO St. Louis City withholding.

If you WORK and LIVE in the State of Missouri AND inside the St. Louis City Limits, you should have Missouri withholding AND St. Louis City withholding.

If you WORK and LIVE outside St. Louis City Limits, ou have Missouri withholding BUT NO St. Louis City withholding.

Based on this information and a review of our paystub, you should contact Payroll Services (payroll@list.slu.edu) if the above withholding locations are not accurate.

To help streamline the orientation process, all foreign nationals must complete the Foreign National Tax Information form (FNTIF) and email the completed form (without signature) AND legible copes of the documentation listed below:

I-94 Form

US VISA

Current passport (along with copies of ALL US VISA stamps with dates of entry from your current and past passports)

Permanent Residents should complete fields 1-11 of the FNTIF as indicated above and bring legible copies of their Permanent Resident Card and Social Security Card only.

Also listed below is a link that will allow you to obtain I-94 card information, as some I-94 cards are being confiscated at different borders in certain countries. Please print it out and bring it with you if you don't have one, as it is required.

YOU HAVE ACCESS TO ENTER THIS INFORMATION NOW; Deadline for completion is June 30th.

Log into Banner Self-Service and setup your "Direct Deposit Allocation" under the EMPLOYEE TAB, then choose Pay Information. Please note, the University assumes no risk in incorrect or inaccurate account information completed by the employee. You should check your bank account each payday to verify your direct deposit. The university will only issue payments through direct deposit, unless you are a non-resident alien without a social security number.

NOTE: If you do not have a Social Security Number, you must apply for one. The Social Security Administration requires that you have to be in the US at least two weeks before a number will be issued. The link to the SSA webpage is: http://www.ssa.gov/ssnumber/

If you have any questions, please contact Junada Wilbourn, Housestaff Coordinator at 314-977-9853.

Sincerely yours,

Julie K. Gammack, M.D.Associate DeanSaint Louis University School of Medicine